Packaging ice-cream and the like.



F. P. WOOD.

PACKAGING ICE CREAM AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED .IULY 23.19%.

m mwn Patented May 29, 1917.

the ice cream manufacturer.

UNTTED STATESv PATENT @FFTQE.

FREDERICK P. WOOD, 01E OAK PARK, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR T0 AMERICAN CAN COMPANY, 015 NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION 01" NEW JERSEY.

PACKAGING ICE-CREAM AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 29, 191%.

Application filed July 23, 1915. Serial No. 41,431.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK P. W001), a subject of the King of Great Britain, re siding in Oak Park, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Packaging Ice- Cream and the like, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates in general to the handling of ice cream, ices and other frozen desserts and the like and has more particular reference to the packaging of the same for delivery to the user.

Prior to my invention it has been generally the custom to pack ice cream and the like in bricks disposed in metal containers having tight slip covers well adapted to pre vent the brine or other salt solution from leaking in and mingling with the frozen matter. Or ice cream has been packaged in bulk in much the same manner except that the containers of metal are usually larger. Where the metal containers for brick ice cream have been used they were usually delivered to the customer by the retailers and the customer frequently failed to return them, or the retailer failed to return them to Where the metal containers for bulk ice cream have been used their large size and consequent great exposure to surrounding ice have rendered them easily damaged.

A. principal object of this invention is the provision of a package for ice cream, water ices and the like which may be constructed of fibrous material, such as paper, for example, and which may be placed in brine or salt solutions or in ice or both without danger of water or the salt solution seeping into the package.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a method or process through the use of which ice cream may be economically handled and delivered to the retailer or to the user in unimpaired condition.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent as it is better understood from the following description when considered in connection with the accompanying drawing illustrating an improved package embodying my invention.

On the drawing,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a carton embodying my invention; and

Fig. 2 is a section through the same.

For the purpose of illustrating my invention I have shown onthe drawing a carton generally designated at 5 of shape and size adapted to contain a standard brick of frozen ice cream or the like 6. This carton may have any suitable or preferred construction but in the present instance is shown as having over-lapping end flaps 7 on the side walls and interlocking end flaps 8 on the top and bottom walls, said interlocking flaps being disposed without and resting against the over-lapping flaps 7.

A coating 9 preferably of paraffin or other sealing material impervious to\the action of water and salt solutions is provided to render the packed carton water and brine proof. This coating is applied wholly or in part as convenience may render desirable after the carton has received its charge. This coating forms a continuous and uninterrupted film completely incasing the carton so that the carton may be immersed without danger of leakage in any cooling medium or freezing mixture desired.

An improved package embodying my invention I consider to be best handled in the following manner. The ice cream is placed in the carton and the carton fully closed; that is to say, the flaps are arranged as shown on the drawing where the carton has the construction already described. Thereafter it is dipped quickly into a bath of the sealing material which as has been stated may well be fused parafiin. If desired the carton may be proofed before the charge is packed and dipped merely to dispose the coating over the edges brought together in closing the carton. If the carton be previously proofed it is of course only necessary to dip the carton to an extent that will permit the coating material to cover said adjoining edges.

lt is thought that the invention and many of its attendant advantages will be understood from the foregoing without further description, and it will be manifest that various changes may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention or sacrificing any of its material advantages.

I claim:

1. A package containing a frozen substance comprising, a carton entirely inclosing said frozen substance, and an exterior coating of material impervious to water and salt solutions, closmg the interstices of said carton and adapting the same to be subjected to a cooling medium;

2. A package containing a frozen sub- 3; The process of packaging ice cream and frozen substances, which consists in placing sald substance in a suitable carton,

then coating the carton with a fluid sealing medium and closing the interstices of the carton, and then inclosing the carton in a cooling medium and maintaining the carton and its contained substance at a substantially freezing temperature.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunt set my hand in the presence of tWo subscribing witnesses.

FREDERICK P. WOOD. Witnesses:

JOHN P GIBSON, Es'rnnn ABRAMS. 

